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Title: Taiji Sword by Wei-Ming Chen, Barbara Davis, Chen Wei-Ming, Wei-Ming Ch'en ISBN: 1-55643-333-6 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Pub. Date: 14 June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great historical writing on the tai chi sword form
Comment: This book is a very interesting account of the Yang Style Tai Chi sword form. It is a translation of a classical account from the 1920's, and includes pictures of each of the postures of the form. The text is clear, and an interesting account of the form by an old master. As with most classical Tai Chi writings, it is more useful as a source of ideas for someone who already practices the form than as a beginner's teaching text. The translation is scholarly, and Ms. Davis has added a lot to this book with her footnotes and commentary. A very enjoyable read.
Rating: 3
Summary: Taiji Sword
Comment: The beginning prefaces are informative. The stories of great Taijiquan masters are fascinating. The descriptions of the various postures are fairly clear. Unfortunately, the black and white photos accompanying the descriptions are faded and grainy. The hands, sword and body often disappear into the background leaving one guessing as to the correct form of the posture.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good Description for Yang style Taiji Swordsmanship
Comment: Being the first batch student of The Eminent Yang Chengfu, Chen Weiming had his master's skill in sword clearly defined. This book also shows a good work of the translator, Barbara Davis, although not as clear as the original text. And this book contains a description of the 'rarely seen' Yang style Taiji Long Fist (Taiji Changquan), an advanced set of Yang Chengfu Taijiquan. This book is the best of its kind, and a must for serious practitioners.
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Title: Taiji Sword, Classical Yang Style: The Complete Form, Qigong, and Applications (Martial Arts-Internal) by Jwing-Ming Yang, Yang Jwing-Ming, James C. O'Leary ISBN: 1886969744 Publisher: YMAA Publications Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Art of Chinese Swordsmanship: The Manual of Taiji Jian by Yun Zhang ISBN: 0834804123 Publisher: Weatherhill Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Classical Tai Chi Sword (Tuttle Martial Arts) by Petra Kobayashi, Toyo Kobayashi, Chiang Tao Chi, Petra ISBN: 0804834482 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan by Fu Zhongwen, Louis Swaim, Zhongwen Fu ISBN: 1556433182 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Lost Tai'-Chi Classics from the Late Ch'Ing Dynasty (Chinese Philosophy and Culture) by Douglas Wile ISBN: 0791426548 Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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